| cytochrome p450 induction and gonadal status alteration in common carp (cyprinus carpio) associated with the discharge of dioxin contaminated effluent to the hikiji river, kanagawa prefecture, japan. | accumulations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls were analyzed in common carp (cyprinus carpio) collected in the hikiji river, kanagawa prefecture, japan in which dioxin contaminated effluent was released during the period starting from november 1992 to march 2000. higher levels of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin toxic equivalents were observed in carps collected downstream to the dioxin release site (contaminated site) than the r ... | 2003 | 12615101 |